NIGERIAN MAKES U.S MOST WANTED LIST OVER $1M FRAUD. (PHOTO).

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 Nigerian makes US Most Wanted List over $1m fraud A Nigerian, Onoriode Ezewu, has been named on the United States Department of Labour’s first-ever Most Wanted List over allegations of money laundering involving fraudulent unemployment benefit claims worth more than $1m. The department’s Office of Inspector General unveiled the list on its website on Wednesday, naming 16 fugitives wanted in cases involving alleged fraud, identity theft, money laundering, labour trafficking and other offences. According to the agency, the cases collectively involve more than $55m allegedly stolen from American taxpayers. Ezewu’s profile on the department’s website identifies him as wanted for concealment money laundering and states that he is believed to be residing in Nigeria. “In January 2021, Ezewu was charged with 15 counts of concealment money laundering tied to fraudulent UI and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims filed using stolen identities, in a scheme exceeding $1 million that also t...

A BORNO STATE FORMER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMAN,RETURNS N6M TO EFCC.#POLL FRAUD.

                                   Former Chairman of Bagoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State,Andrew Adamu,on August 15,2016,refunded the sum of N5,000,000.{Five Million Naira}to the EFCC Gombe zonal office.He had earlier made a refund of One Million Naira {1,000,000.00} out of the Twelve Million,and Sixty Thousand Naira {N12,060,000.00} that was disbursed to the local government area in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election.Adamu admitted to the zonal office of the Commission during interrogation that he signed and collected the said amount in the presence of Hon. Marcus Bulus Makama, a current member of the the Bauchi State House of Assrmbly and former caretaker chairman of the local government,Mrs Hasanna Arkila who signed as witnesses for the collection of the amount.All the suspects reported to the zonal office of the Commission,and agreed to return the money to the Commission.

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